Glory   Hole
Caverns

one of South's most beautiful caves

Beneath a field in the midst of the flat plains of South Georgia's farmland lies one of the South's best kept secrets -- a real royal treasure. Glory Hole Caverns is a spectacular example of Mother Nature's wildly extravagant artwork. This fantastic cave is one of the most beautiful in the United States and one of Georgia's greatest natural wonders.

It is a natural treasure that is dying, as are all the natural wonders in this area. Without human intervention, all these natural wonders will be destroyed within a few decades. Development as a major state park could save them and use their natural beauty as a resource to bring new jobs and income to one of the poorest regions in the nation.

We have several pages on Glory Hole for you and more photos. Click on "NEXT" at the bottom of each page to see them all.

Unfortunately, most of my best photos were lost...or deliberately thrown away to be precise, by an underling editor of the Atlanta Magazine several years ago. I took the photos to the magazine in hopes they would do an article about these wonderful natural wonders. Typically of so many journalists today, she wasn't from Georgia and didn't give a hoot about caves and waterfalls, much less developing something in South Georgia. She threw the costly photos away without telling me. The first photo below is one of my photos printed in a Cairo, Georgia newspaper. The original was thrown away by the irresponsible Atlanta magazine editor.

Beautiful formations coat ceiling & floor

Floors and the ceilings in several areas are completely covered with calcite formations. In the above area, shallow pools of water lie atop calcite formations. Pillar formations jut from the floor to the ceiling like mounds of ice. Calcite "icicles" of every imaginable shape hang from the ceiling.

Pool of water reflects sparkling ice-like formations.

This room contains several small pools of water on the limestone rock floor. The floors of the pools are spectacularly beautiful crystal formations, giving the appearance of ice coating the floor. The beauty of the room is doubled by the reflections of formations in the water.

See bottom of this page to contact state officials and urge them to support development of these sites as a state park.

See proposed development for Glory Hole on page 5

Support Restoration & Preservation of Glory Hole Caverns

These wonderful caves and these once magnificent falls can be restored and preserved for future generations--with your help. Contact your Georgia state representative and state senator and Governor Barnes and urge them to create a state park for this area and restore these natural treasures to their former glory. Urge them to establish a state park here to preserve these natural treasures and bring new jobs to our region.

Send a message to Georgia Governor Barnes and let him know of your support. Take time to send him and the Georgia Parks Division and Tourist Division a note.

These are links to their contact pages:

State Parks Division

Division of Tourism


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19 July 1999